Plant Citrus aurantium (Rutaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Petitgrain; Bitter Orange

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LIMONIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Leaf	1990.0	2795.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Leaf	1990.0	2795.0	1.29	Duke, 1992 *
LINALYL-ACETATE	7	Flower	80.0	520.0	-0.45	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINALYL-ACETATE	7	Leaf	4429.0	5500.0	0.46	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	800.0	1730.0	-0.19	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	8.0	-0.35	Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
MANNOSE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHANOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ANTHRANILATE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
MYRCENE	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	130.0	550.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGIN	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
NEOHESPERIDIN	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOHESPERIDOSE	0	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
NERAL	4	Leaf	not available	1.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
NERAL	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant	2	Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.